ISUZU Complaints

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE MAKES HUMMING SOUNDS AT SPECIFIC INTERVALS OF SPEED, POSSIBLY A TRANMSISSION PROBLEM, DEALER CAN NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *SLC

EXPERIENCED ERRATIC IDLE, IDLE WAS REVVING AND DROPPING, DIPPING OFTEN WITH ENGINE ALMOST DYING. MECHANIC SAYS THERE IS SHORT IN ECU

DANIEL STANSBURY ON AUGUST 10, 2000, WAS DRIVING EASTBOUND ON INTERSTATE 16 NEAR METTER, GA, WHEN THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE, RESULTING IN TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF HIS 1993 ISUZU RODEO. HE HEARD THE TIRE TREAD SEPARATE, WHICH SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION, BEGAN TO FISHTAIL, TRIED TO CORRECT THE FISH-TAILING, AND LOST CONTROL, AND HIS CAR BEGAN TO FLIP. THE CAR FLIPPED TWO OR THREE TIMES. DANIEL STANSBURY, AGE 25 WAS THE DRIVER AND WAS HURT, BUT DID NOT REQUIRE EXTENSIVE CARE OR TREATMENT. WE HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS AS WELL AS POLICE REPORT. IT IS POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE A COPY.( DOT NUMBER: VDYKWTA26 TIRE SIZE: 32X11.50R1 )

DRIVERS SIDE FRONT FRAME MEMBER BROKE DUE TO METAL FATIGUE AND POOR WORKMANSHIP. THE FRAME BROKE (FELL APART) BY THE STEERING BOX JOINT AND PART OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY - THAT INCLUDES LOWER AND UPPER CONTROL ARMS AND THE SHOCK ABSORBER MOUNTING BRACKETS. TOTAL CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR SPECIAL WARRANTY EVALUATION ON MAY 11, 2000. STILL TO THIS DATE THERE IS NO ANSWER FOR THE REPAIR REQUEST. THE VEHICLE IS STILL AT THE DEALER.

LONG BEFORE THE TROUBLE WITH BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE, I CALLED THE COMPANY TO REPORT MY TIRES RIDING AND SOUNDING BAD. THEY WERE SHIPPED FROM THE FACTORY AS BEING OUT OF ROUND AND THE FIRESTONE ON AUSTIN PEAY IN MEMPHIS TN REFUSE TO HELP AND I WAS TOLD TO TAKE MY TRUCK THERE. I OFFER TO PAY THE DIFFERENT IN COST BECAUSE I DID NOT REPORT IT SOONER. PLEASE HELP ME IN GETTING NEW TIRES. THIS IS THE SOLE VEHICLE FOR MY FAMILY. I AM A BELIEVER OF BRIDGESTONE/FIRESTONE AND I FOR ONE WILL NOT GIVE UP ON THEM. THEY ARE CORRECTING THE ERROR IN TIRE MAKING AND REPLACING ALL TIRES AND I THINK THAT IS GREAT. PLEASE CONTACT ME: CLEOPHUS B LANE, 4019 S LAKEWOOD DR, MEMPHIS TN 38128. I HAD MY TIRES CHECKED OUT SUNDAY AND THEY ARE EFFECTED AND THE THREADS WILL BE COMING OFF SOON. THERE IS A LINE OF CRACKS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TIRE AND IF THE THREADS ARE COMING OFF. THANKS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245170R16 )

THE TIRES ARE CLEARLY CRACKING ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TIRES, HOWEVER, THEY ARE NOT THE TIRES UNDER WARRANTY AND FIRESTONE WILL NOT REPLACE THEM. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235 )

CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE AND TEMPORARILY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, UPON INSPECTION NOTICED THAT THE RF TREAD HAD COME OFF THE TIRE, FLEW UP AND BROKE THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR, 2 MONTHS LATER CONSUMER HEARD SAME NOISE AND THIS TIME THE RR TIRE TREAD CAME OFF AND DENTED THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. NLM

MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE INVOLVED IN A CRASH WITH OUR 2000 ISUZU AMIGO. MY WIFE IMPACTED A VEHICLE WHICH HAD CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED NOR DID THE SEAT BELT TIGHTEN UP TO RESTRAIN MY WIFE, WHICH RESULTED IN HER IMPACTING THE STEERING WHEEL. AT THE SAME TIME, THE DRIVERS SEAT MOVED FORWARD AND DID NOT REMAIN STATIONARY.

POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE RESULTED IN VEHICLE FIRE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *MJS

ON NUMBER OF OCCASIONS WHILE STOPPED IN TRAFFIC THE RPMS JUMPS TO 2200-2400. WHEN BRAKE ARE LIGHTLY APPLIED, THE VEHICLE RAPIDLY LURCHS FORWARD, THE DEALER CLAIM THAT THE POWER STEERING SWITCH LINKED TO THE THROTTLE WAS RELATED TO THE THROTTLE JUMPS. *YH